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Test Scores Go Up When Learning Is Combined With Fitness

by Tom Henderson, Posted May 3rd 2011 3:00PM

Exercising every school day for 40 minutes in a regimen that includes flexing a few mental muscles increased test scores in elementary school students. Credit: Getty Images In one class, you run mathematical equations. In the next, you ...Study blurs the line between physical educaton and other classes.
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ParentDish's 20 Top Educational Toys for Gradeschoolers

by Brett Singer, Posted Nov 26th 2010 8:02AM

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The kids grow up so fast, don't they? Seems like only yesterday they were in diapers, and now here they are, starting second grade. Time to clean out the play room to make space for ...Kids outgrowing their old playthings? Time to clean out the play room to make space for some new and more educational toys.
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Don't Raise Your Hands; You Might Learn More

by Tom Henderson, Posted Sep 7th 2010 2:00PM

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Show of hands. How many of you think you got a good education? Put your hands down. It was a trick question. Truth be told, you might have a better education if you weren't always raising your hand. A ...
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How to Tell if Your Child Is Gifted

by Brett Singer, Posted Apr 28th 2010 10:00AM

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Most parents think their kids are brilliant. But is your child gifted? And what does "gifted" mean anyway? According to Prufrock Press, a publisher of books for gifted children and their ...
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Help Kids Learn by Turning Science Into Magic

by Carrie Snyder, Posted Apr 6th 2010 9:00AM

I'll confess this without blushing: I'm an artsy mom. Ask me what a poem means and I'm like a dog with a bone. But when it comes to answering those big, science-related questions that all kids ask - Why is the moon out during the day? Why do dogs ...
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Is Your Child Ready for Theatre School?

by Carrie Snyder, Posted Jan 19th 2010 3:05PM

Performance comes naturally to children. Think: tantrum at the grocery store. Think: pantomime of disgust when supper fails to please. Think: playing dress-up and pretend. And while not every child is interested in taking his flair for the dramatic ...
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How to Inspire a Love of Music in Children

by Carrie Snyder, Posted Dec 30th 2009 2:00PM

Cabin Fever wants to know: how do you inspire musical genius in children? Okay, we'll settle for deep appreciation and enjoyment. And a pain-free way to manage piano practice. So, we talked to an expert. Nicole Dueck writes and performs music for ...
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The Goddard School: Encouraging Development In a Nurturing Environment

by Sandy Maple, Posted Dec 15th 2009 5:03PM

The Goddard School is a preschool franchise with locations in 37 states across America. The first Goddard School opened in 1986 in Malvern, Penn., as the Goddard Early Learning Center. Two years later, Anthony A. Martino formed Carousel Systems with ...
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Montessori Preschool

by Sandy Maple, Posted Nov 11th 2009 1:50PM

Each Montessori preschool employs the teaching methods originated by Maria Montessori in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The Montessori educational philosophy is based on the idea that children develop and think differently than ...
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Chinese New Year - Activities for You and Your Child

by Bethany Sanders, Posted Jan 25th 2009 7:00PM

Chinese New Year, otherwise known as Spring Festival or Lunar New Year kicks off tonight, a New Year's Eve of sorts that the Chinese call Chuxi, or "Year-Pass Eve." This important traditional Chinese holiday, which officially starts tomorrow, will ...
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Girls More Tech-Savvy Than Boys

by Amy Hatch, Posted Jan 22nd 2009 11:00AM

Moms are the most tech-savvy people in the family, and more than 94 percent of girls have used a laptop or computer, compared to 88 percent of boys, according to a new British survey. The poll included more than 4,000 children ages six to 14 and ...
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It's official - Teens are getting dumber

by Jennifer Jordan, Posted Oct 28th 2008 10:01AM

We all know that teenagers are stupid. Rather, they act stupid. Having been teens ourselves and now being adult enough to be able to reflect back, most of us agree that at one time or another, most teens are, well, dumb. Pregnancy pacts, virginity ...
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Is homeschooling right for your family?

by Jennifer Jordan, Posted Sep 21st 2008 10:02AM

I read an article on babble from a mother who decided, along with her husband, to not send her child to kindergarten this fall. Instead the couple are planning on home-schooling their son, along with a group of other New York City-based parents ...
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Hands off my wooden peg puzzle!

by Sarah James, Posted Dec 3rd 2007 11:00AM

At our local library, Wito can't get enough of the wooden peg puzzles set out for the visiting children. Of course, he's still in the pull-the-pieces-out-and-drop-on-the-floor phase, which leaves me cleaning up his long and winding puzzle trail ...
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It's official: toddlers are smarter than apes

by Jonathon Morgan, Posted Sep 7th 2007 2:29PM

Obviously grown-up humans are smarter than our evolutionary ancestors, but what about our kids? Researchers were curious, apparently, and felt compelled to find the answer to that very question. So they conducted an experiment in which food or a toy ...
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